Creative Exploration
The creative media resources on this site are continually growing and expanding, just like the tools, technologies, and best practices used by industry professionals, so please feel free to mark this page as your base camp.
The Box Model
Intro to Web Hosting
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
Intro to Design Patterns
Git-based Workflows using Github
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Design Systems
Typography for the Web
Iterative Design
Intro to Frontend Web Development
What Project Should I Choose?
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
Intro to SASS via PrePros
How to Begin Planning
Inspiration
Intro to CMS via WordPress
Quality Assurance Checklist
Web Layout Techniques & Strategies
Intro to Node.js and npm
The Web Design and Development Process
Intro to Front-end Build Tools
Web Design Terminology: A Primer
Project Brief
Set Summer Goals
Create a Course Web Site
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Draft a Conceptual Plan
Typography Specimen Tests
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
Design Your Resume
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Markup Text with HTML
Positioning and Layout Tests
U.S. Web Design Standards
StatCounter Global Stats
Nielsen Norman Group
Interaction Design Foundation
Usability.gov
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
The Elements of Typographic Style
HTML & CSS
The Design of Everyday Things
Designing with Web Standards
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Swiss Graphic Design
Animation at Work
Javascript & JQuery
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Big list of web design related people:
- Donald Norman – https://jnd.org/
- Jakob Nielson – https://www.nngroup.com/people/jakob-nielsen/
- Jeffrey Zeldman – http://www.zeldman.com/
- Jeremy Keith – https://adactio.com/
- Eric Meyer – https://meyerweb.com/
- Ethan Marcotte – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Chris Coyier – https://chriscoyier.net/
- Dave Rupert – https://daverupert.com/
- Jen Simmons – https://jensimmons.com/
- Rachel Andrew – https://rachelandrew.co.uk/
- Andy Bell
- Adam Argyle
- Andy Clarke – https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/
- Val Head – https://valhead.com/
- Sarah Drasner – https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com/
- Brad Frost – https://bradfrost.com/
- Michael Beirut – https://www.pentagram.com/about/michael-bierut
- Jason Pamental – https://ethanmarcotte.com/
- Jason Santa Maria – https://jasonsantamaria.com/
- Zach Leatherman – https://www.zachleat.com/
- Elliot Jay Stocks – https://elliotjaystocks.com/
- Scott Jehl – https://scottjehl.com/
- Remy Sharp – https://remysharp.com/
- Richard Rutter – http://clagnut.com/
- Nicolas Gallagher – http://nicolasgallagher.com/
- Una Kravetts – https://una.im/
- Chen Hui Jing – https://chenhuijing.com/
- Chris Ferdinandi – https://gomakethings.com/, https://vanillajsguides.com/, https://vanillajsacademy.com/, https://vanillajstoolkit.com, https://vanillajspodcast.com/
List of Online Learning Sites
- Jen Simmon’s HTML Essential Training course on LinkedIn Learning (FREE)
- Wes Bos’s Courses
- JavaScript 30 (FREE)
- What the Flexbox? (FREE)
- CSS Grid (FREE)
- Ethan Marcotte’ Designing Accessible and Responsive Websites course via The Gymnasium (FREE)
- Frontend Masters Courses
List of Online Surveys (for usage stats)
- Design Tools Surveys – 2022
- State of CSS
- State of JS
- Browser Stats – GS Stat Counter
- CSS Tricks
- Can I Use
- CSS Dev Conf
- WordPress.org
- WordPress.com
- Display Posts Shortcode
- Insert Pages
- SiteOrigin Page Builder
- Responsive Screenshots
- Am I Responsive
- Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
- PSD Covers
- 12 Principles of Animation
- Fonts In Use
- Cody House
- Little Snippets
- Animated Flexbox
- Codrops
- Font Pairing Suggestions
- Daily UI Design Challenge
- Mockup Templates
- Premium Pixels
- Graphic Pear
- Adobe Color
- Site Inspire
- MarkSheet
- Jeffrey Zeldman 20 years of Web Design
- The Grid System
- Coursera
- Student Work
Videos & YouTube Channels
- Youtube Channels
- Layout Land by Jen Simmons (coded layout lessons)
- Keyframers (coded web animation)
- Chris Coyier (CSS-Tricks screencasts)
- A List Apart (conference talk videos)
- JamStack Conf (conference talk videos)
- The Futur (design lessons)
- Level Up Tutorials by Scott Telinski (Javascript lessons)
- Wes Bos (Javascript lessons)
I Love Typography
The Elements of Typographic Style
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
Swiss Graphic Design
Art of the Menu
Typewolf
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Typography Specimen Tests
Typography for the Web
Code a Simple HTML Web Page
Netlify
Github
Smashing Magazine Email Newsletter
Figma
Smashing Magazine Podcast
Quality Assurance Checklist
The Web Design and Development Process
HTML & CSS
Shop Talk
Code a Simple Web Page with CSS
Javascript & JQuery
Typography Specimen Tests
Intro to Web Animation Techniques
ScrollOut
Create a Course Web Site
Create a Featured Projects Portfolio Site
Positioning and Layout Tests
JS Basics: Functions and Syntax
Create a Simple Image Grid Portfolio Site
Smashing Magazine
HTML Basics: Elements and Syntax
Intro to Web Hosting
CSS Basics: Selectors and Syntax
Designing with Web Standards
Sass
The Box Model
